Opinion

TUESDAY marked the beginning of a new chapter for Canadian public safety. For the Conservative Party of Canada, starting a new chapter means ripping out all the previous pages and burning them.

Dear Editor: Kate Zimmerman's Oct. 7 column, I'm Taken Back by Bad Grammar Everyday, is very interesting and I have a lot of sympathy with her views on grammar.

Dear Editor: In your Oct. 19 North Shore News story, Citizens' Group to Publish WV Slate, you state that West Vancouver Citizens for Good Government claim that all but one of the candidates have submitted to its private interview process.

"You must recognize that there is an element in West Vancouver that holds us back, and whoever is on council for the next years is going to have to make some brave and forceful steps to take Ambleside to that next stage.

THIS has been a sad week for two households in the City of North Vancouver. Before long, the city will have in hand an injunction from the B.C. Supreme Court ordering them to leave their homes.

Dear Editor: I own a share of a dairy cow that is kept for me in the Fraser Valley. From this cow I choose to take and consume milk and milk products in their raw, unpasteurized form.

As this paper goes to press, former U.S. President George W. Bush is heading to a Surrey ballroom to speak to a $599-per-head audience.

Dear Editor: I must express gratitude to Kate Zimmerman's Oct. 9 article on the current state of English language usage (I'm Taken Back by Bad Grammar Everyday, North Shore News).

Dear Editor: Recent letters have expressed concern over development along the Lonsdale Avenue corridor resulting in increased traffic, etc.

Dear Editor: A month ago after a bear did $1,500 damage to my car while pushing it out of the way to get to the garbage can, I went to the district to get a bear-proof one. They said they were out of them and might get some in at the end of October.